the problem is that pregnancy makes you high risk for pregnancy complications.
We lost the daughter of an acquaintance, a nurse, who died at 7 months, and the baby died also: no vaccine (they were just starting to give it out, and she hesitated because of the pregnancy).
and more recently, another acquaintance of Joy got covid at 8 months and went into labor: She survived, but the baby developed many complications and died after a month in ICU. Sigh.
I should ask our cousins who are ObGyn, but since they are busy and I haven't left the house in 18 months to go to parties and family reunions I haven't really had time to talk to her.
we have heard of folks dying of cirrhosis (heavy drinkers) strokes, heart attacks, etc. but no recent covid deaths in our large circle of acquaintances.
Our only family member who got it, JoJo, whose usual job is working on ships and is alas, obese, had a bad case but stayed at home and recovered from it. He monitoring his blood Oxygen with a fingertip oximeter. Heh. I remember when this device was too expensive for our office, but now it is cheap. He stayed above 90, and recovered, but remains with fatigue and shortness of breath on exercize.
Our only family member who got it, JoJo, whose usual job is working on ships and is alas, obese, had a bad case but stayed at home and recovered from it. He monitoring his blood Oxygen with a fingertip oximeter. Heh. I remember when this device was too expensive for our office, but now it is cheap. He stayed above 90, and recovered, but remains with fatigue and shortness of breath on exercize.
rumor says no recent cases in our town, so we are now opening up.
Parties in the city plaza on the weekend, daily Rumba lessons at 5 am there, and the Palenke (visiting merchants) are again allowed to set up shops. And the Christmas lights are back.
new cases: 984 reported on Monday.
Of the total, 19,798 are active cases. At least 56.6% have mild symptoms, 4.6% are asymptomatic, 5.6% are critical, 13.3% are in severe condition, and 20.02% have moderate symptoms.
CNNPhil blames the low number on lack of testing. Well, yes. But since low testing has been a problem for the last year, one does figure the low numbers mean something.
And although our area has had a lot of deaths in elders, it is not with flu like symptoms. And the main problem now seems to be diarrhea in toddlers causing dehydration.
New Confirmed Cases
( as of November 22 - 4:00 PM )
Active Cases:
19,798
Total Cases:
2,826,853
Total Recoveries:
2,759,767
Total Deaths:
47,288
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Read more: https://www.inquirer.net/novel-coronavirus-update/#ixzz7D07LpqJF
herd immunity? Vaccines? Uncounted cases? old folks dying but not listed as covid? The stealth use of Ivermectin?
Who knows... but maybe it will come back with a vengence, as it is in Europe.
If you want information on the vaccine in Pregnancy, go to the good Dr. C's discussions.
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